Never knew venom was in Star Trek

He wasn't the best villain, but the fact that he killed a main cast member made him memorable

It would've been interesting if the crew encountered these "titans" in a future episode

Riker being 'swallowed' whole creeped me out as a child 😨 Crusher being an absolutely useless Chief Medical Officer though, didn't even try to resuscitate Tasha!

Guys, it's not a symbiote. The Klyntar (Venom's race) are generally benevolent. Armus doesn't want to bond with anything. It wants to consume everything.

Okay, who opened my jam and didn't put it in the fridge?

I remember this episode terrifying me as a child. This was back when TNG was just something Dad watched after or during supper and I had no interest (I didn't come to enjoy any Star Trek until my mid to late teens), and it stuck with me for quite a while, to the point that I remembered very little of the episode or even Star Trek itself other than the frightening black goo.

I think I remember Denise Crosby stating she later regretted leaving the show. I was happy she came back if only for a few episodes.

I remember when this episode of SNG first aired, after the show there was a memorial still image for Tasha Yar, I thought the actress that played her died in real life or something, never seen that before or since.

Having studied theology and philosophy this episode really stays with me. The personification of pure evil is like The Screw Tape Letters; simplicity itself. Also, reminds me of an Ursula K Le Guin short story. I can only watch this again every 3 to 5 years.

After this episode was filmed, Jonathan Frakes revealed to Starlog magazine that Armus was really made of "14 pounds of Metamucil mixed with printer's ink." Several years later in a special titled "Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek The Next Generation", he revealed that after taking his dip inside Armus, LeVar Burton came up to him and said "Frakes...I never would have done that!"

Oh god not the evil Kool aid

Tosha died, still couldn't believe it back when it happened. Startrek N.G earlier Seasons had a darker tone I wish they'd kept but I really enjoyed the Series. Great review!

It was still imprisoned there, as revealed in this weeks lower decks episode.

My personal theory: The race that created Armus was the Founders. Anyone else? Just a thought.

This episode has a special place for me. It was the last thing I did with my great grandfather.

Armus (the Skin of Evil) reminds me of something director John Carpenter would do movie around.

It seems a fair few of people dislike this episode but I thought it contained some of the best elements of Star Trek. High stakes, a foe that is outwitted not by force but by an argument of inescapable logic and truth (in other words one of Picard's epic speeches), and finally an appropriately emotional conclusion; handled fantastically with the Data and Picard scene at the end. As a kid I was pretty much terrified of the creature throughout almost the whole episode, but in the end as they escaped, I felt tremendous sorrow and pity for it. I can count a handful of times a story has managed to do that for me.

Armus has always been one of my favorite TNG entities I alway wish he would re appear, but that fan fic answer is really broken to hell. I'm working on my own version that allows for armus escape that works within cannon

One thing that always bothered me about the ending of this episode: if Picard destroyed the shuttle with a photon torpedo, which presumably has more power than a mega-ton nuke; wouldn't that have annihilated Armus as well since he was in the same area as the shuttle??? Or was it explained later on that he teleported himself to another location on the planet???

Never been a star trek fan but your videos are for all alike fan or not very good information. And btw you sound better than the last video hope your condition has gotten better thanks again friend.

Set phasers to kill! Uhm... Kill it With fire!

I remember these episodes scared the crap out of me as a kid. It gave me nightmares. I was under the age of 5 at the time.

I didn’t even know I’d be interested in old school Star Trek videos but damn. Here I am lol.

Man at this point am I the only one who thinks he is an Engineer.....

Now that “thing” is cool XD

Love the channel man. All your content is awesome. Been a fan for a while now. I have a video suggestion. A look into the brilliant movie called "snowpiercer"

One of my favorite episode

This is one of my favourite episodes. It shows that in shedding their skin of evil, the Titans committed more evil by letting It live. And therefore harming others. That means In this life you can only surpress and weaken your inner darkness and never get rid of it.

OMG the nostalgia of this show! I first watched when I was a little kid I have the entire series collection on DVD, It's what got me into popculture in the first place, Although I think it may have been the voyager series.

Always wanted to know what this thing was. Thanks. Also I'm glad people are still thinking about Star Trek TNG.😎

Just found this channel and now I find star trek, man, this is up there with redlettermedia as one of the best KZfaq channel's out there.

I always thought he was fascinating. Shame a lot of TNG fans don't appreciate the episode.

Marvel called they want their venom origin story back

This episode always creeped me out as a kid

Yeah ! A new video.

We need Armus back

I didn't realize Tasha Yar's actress wanted to leave due to creative differences. I wonder what her objections were to the direction of the show.

Still waiting for star trek/X-Men crossover movie damn it that way Sir Patrick would be able to riff more on his predecessor who's the new Xavier 😂

you'd think with all that high tech they wouldve included some kind of live stream body camera on the away teams so the capt doesnt have to ask "what do you see?" theyve got a visual magnification ability on the bridge, wouldnt they be observing their team as standard procedure?

I always loved how every star trek away team beamed down to unexplored planets with nothing but their jim jam uniforms and no sealed suits whatsoever

2:23 "Set dustbusters to maximum!"

0:44 Picard: "What is it, Number One? What do you see?" Riker: "I think we found the Venom symbiote."

Doode ur editing of the scene made it more terrifying than the original, actually felt the oozing petrol was dangerous

some times i really think from where you got this knowledge . btw nice explain.

one of the best early episodes

Dude I didn't even think anybody remember that episode it was a freaking good episode though nice to see you still keep putting up daily uploads

Nice video!

Honestly, the Skin of Evil reminds me of someone I once knew. Always was this person negative. Never had a nice thing to say about anyone. At least not to their faces. Would often make announcements just to sour people's mood. Would constantly lie and gaslight people into thinking their own friends and family hated them. It would harass, insult, berate, threaten, and anger people, and then wonder why no one wanted to be with them. They have threatened self-harm, just to see how people react. If this person was called out for their lies and hypocrisy, this person would fall back on, "I'm sorry. I was abused as a child." As if that nullifies all the bad things they've done. Like the Federation, we imposed a quarantine on this person. Effectively isolating them from our lives. No matter how much they whine and complain, we will not let them back. Regardless of how many years pass, or what life events occur. Because we know this one person will never change. Most people can see the error of their ways and change. This person will only change its skin in order to fit in. When given the chance, they will shed the skin and try again to ruin people's lives.

O.o I don't remember that last bit where Armus left the planet. I hope in the new Star Trek, with Picard returning, Armus comes back.

This was the first episode of any Star Trek show I watched.

Well done. Could you perhaps do an episode on Q and the Continuum?

Star trek analysis cool.

Thank you!!! You always do a great job ❤️

Star Trek: Lower Decks brought me here.

Can anyone recommend some good Star Trek based KZfaq channels, explaining lore etc?

01:18 shape of Darth Vader.

I wait for this stuff!!

Natasha was my favourite character in TNG , I was so sad when she died :(

This episode had a lasting impression when I was a kid.

I have never watched star trek but now I am slightly more interested in it, so thanks I guess.

Considering how many 'ascended' races there were in ST overall, one has to wonder if there are other Armuses out theere, or if this 'shedding' method was common when a species moved up the ladder, so to speak. I can almost hear John De Lancie scoffing at it as cheating or a poor man's evolution. I also can't help but think of Piccolo and Kami from Dragon Ball, though these stories were made at just about the same time, plus The Dark Crystal predates both of them, and I doubt that was the start of the 'split-off ascension' trope.

Great video! But didn’t Denise Crosby make several cameos after her character’s death? Why come back if she no longer wanted to be on it? I also wonder if you could look into the Symbiotes (not just Venom) from Marvel Comics? Thanks again!

Only episode of Star Trek I ever watched, I was actually going to ask you to do a video on this guy but I didn't know his name.

Love Captain Picard

Armus is Aldritch Devourer of Gods survived in Dark Souls 3. He manage to survive.

Star Trek Next Generation was a much lighter series Meaning there was mostly light hearted, but important storylines about exploration. Deep Space 9 was kinda dark in it's war time environment . The episode starring Army's was really dark. I mean a main character was murdered for no reason .

They should explored more into Armus background. How the titans have created him. How he escapes the planet and find them and kill them for what they have done to him. If i were lonely being abandoned like him for so long and immortal i would be so angry like nothing else.

Very good, Tin man..

So Armus is essentially an Albertan oil boss? I'm Albertan... btw

My very first Star Trek the new generation

This creature is like the creature from the movie "Forbidden planet"

“What’s this black goo? Dunno, better go around it”. Someone watched Prometheus!

On the bright side, this episode did have the one and only appearance of LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LELAND T. LYNCH

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

the special effects are just A C E

A Spirit of Vengeance please. (Ghost Riders)

I heard paramount told her she should not pose in playboy, but she went and did it anyway and they killed of her character for payback for not complying with what they said.

Yo that vile second skin is pretty dank

my favorite st episode all time

Man I remember running home from school, sliding across the living room carpet to the tv dial and looking for TNG. Carpet burns on the side of my legs from baseball sliding was worth it lol.

Could you do the monsters from the Ghoulies

I have been watching since day one

The only Star Trek episode to give me nightmares as a kid. Like if you agree.

Some people are saying that these titans were the shapeshifters/changeling/founders from ds9. There both sorta liquids but otherwise this doesn't fit. The founders haven't purged themselves of negative emotions feeling pretty intense disgust, contempt, fear, alienation and even hatred for solids. The founders lack much of the powers of Armus, being unable to generate forcefields or resist phaser fire. The founders live in the gamma quadrant and don't know much about the alpha quadrant. We also see at least one changeling who is able to fly through space and intercept a moving runabout so it's not clear something like a changeling would have gotten stuck on a planet. This Armus is a one off villain with psychic superpowers and a backstory of aliens who are long gone. It fits better in tng trek than ds9.

That last part is pure fanfic. Armus never met any heartless, Kingdom Hearts and star trek are not connected

Can you also cover Nagilum from TNG Episode 28, "Where Silence Has Lease"?

The monster from "The Ritual" on Netflix would be cool to cover. The movie was surprisingly good.

The idea that TNG is expanded universe is heart breaking.

I was 11 when I saw this ep it scared the crap out of me lol

Skin of Evil was a "shocker" to most Star Trek fans because Denise Crosby was a draw for the new show that was still trying to find its feet. Killing off a main character that soon was a key element that made fans sit up and take notice that the show was not going to always be a super-positive future looking show. I think Skin of Evil is one of the most underrated episodes of STNG.

Good shit

All I can say about this video is oww and ahh I've been waiting for somebody to talk more about this

I didn't know that scp-106 was in Star Trek

A ways back I had an idea for a spin-off show based on this episode called Picard and Armus. Basically it was an alternate reality where Picard did take him with them. The Enterprise goes on all of its normal adventures but now Armus sits on the bridge in a giant planting pot, and is constantly scolded by Picard for his bad actions and comments.

Very cool video, always thought that that episode was very unique, even out of place in the star trek universe.

An escapee from the toxic universe from Rick and Morty.

There's a cautionary tale here for undomesticated sadists and sociopaths: Business and pleasure seldom mix. If you want an indispensable service from people who otherwise mean nothing to you, then it behooves you to beguile them until you're no longer in their power. Fun and games can wait. Had Armus feigned compassion to the crash survivors, ingratiated himself with the away team, and broached the topic of transportation with the utmost care, this story would have called for an even darker, more interesting outcome. Of course, Armus probably couldn't have soaked a transporter pad without bringing the series to a tragic end.

The Ba'ul from Discovery reminded me of Armus. That is, before we discovered what role they really played.

I would love it if you considered doing more Stargate breakdowns!